Systems Evaluation for Operational Risks of International Transport Corridors: A Case Study of China-Pakistan-Iran-Turkey International Transport Corridor by Zhou Xiaoxiang, Huang Chengfeng

“…On this basis, the quantitative method and rigorous statistical analysis were used to evaluate the China-Pakistan-Iran-Turkey International Transport Corridor in the south line of the Silk Road Economic Belt, whose operational risks from 2010 to 2019 were analyzed. …”
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Natural cellulose fibers derived from Dracaena angolensis (Welw. ex Carrière) Byng & Christenh. demonstrate potential as a non-absorbable surgical suture biomaterial by Piyaporn Kampeerapappun, Scarlett Desclaux, Kasem Rattanapinyopituk, Tanyalak Srisuk, Ruedee Hemstapat

“…In comparison, the commercial braided silk sutures (Mersilk braided silk non-absorbable suture) used as a control showed no weight loss. …”
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Ovide, Flaubert, Proust : la remise du fuseau d'Arachné by Edi Zollinger

“…A long time before Lowe, already Marcel Proust had found the same silk of a spider and he used it in order to perform his own version of the myth. …”
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Analyzing the Effect of Intensive and Low-Input Agrotechnical Support for the Physiological, Phenometric, and Yield Parameters of Different Maize Hybrids Using Multivariate Statist... by A. Illes, C. Bojtor, A. Szeles, S. M. N. Mousavi, B. Toth, J. Nagy

“…The amount of APX at the silking stage has a direct and significant effect on starch content. …”
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Patrones de relacionamiento y la cuestión de la indigenización: personajes euroestadounidenses en Ghost Singer y Garden in the Dunes by Bayu Kristianto

“…El presente artículo analiza los diferentes patrones de relacionamiento que mantienen personajes euroestadounidenses con el pueblo y la cultura indígenas, en dos novelas de las autoras nativas americanas Anna Lee Walters (Ghost Singer) y Leslie Marmon Silko (Gardens in the Dunes). Se emplea el análisis literario, centrado en la caracterización en ambas novelas, con el fin de analizar en detalle y corroborar las diferentes formas como los personajes principales euroestadounidenses en las novelas, perciben y entienden el pueblo y la cultura indígenas, y el comportamiento que deriva de dicha percepción y comprensión. …”
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FACTORS AFFECTING LOCALS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS TAX ALLOCATION IN THE TOURISM SPHERE (IN THE CASE OF UZBEKISTAN) by Bahodirhon SAFAROV, Akhmadjon TANIEV, Bekzot JANZAKOV, Samariddin ALIQULOV, Jakhongir BAKHRAMOV

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The Eurasian Space in Chinese Official and Academic Discourses by I. E. Denisov, I. A. Safranchuk

“…The 2015 document, "Vision and Actions on Jointly Building Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road," illustrates the initiative's extensive and vague geographical scope, indicating that China did not initially aim for a broad Eurasian strategy.By employing Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), we uncover how China's official rhetoric strategically frames BRI. …”
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Fractal Derivative Model for Air Permeability in Hierarchic Porous Media by Jie Fan, Jihuan He

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Construction of a Real-Scene 3D Digital Campus Using a Multi-Source Data Fusion: A Case Study of Lanzhou Jiaotong University by Rui Gao, Guanghui Yan, Yingzhi Wang, Tianfeng Yan, Ruiting Niu, Chunyang Tang

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Le temps des nouveaux guerriers : le héros culturel, figure de la reconquête identitaire et territoriale by Crystel Pinçonnat

“…Through the analysis of Ceremony, Wolfsong and Zia Summer, this article studies how Leslie Marmon Silko, Louis Owens and Rudolfo Anaya — writers who claim their Native American or chicana identities — represent, in what could be qualified as “identity narratives”, the symbolical reappropriation by a cultural hero of the ancestral territory, historically conquered.…”
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Whole-transcriptome analysis reveals the profiles and roles of coding and non-coding RNAs during hair follicle cycling in Rex rabbits by Jie Wu, Jiamin Zhai, Haofan Jia, Ifeanyi Solomon Ahamba, Xianggui Dong, Zhanjun Ren

“…Abstract Background Rex rabbit is famous for its silky and soft fur coat, a characteristic predominantly attributed to its hair follicles. …”
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Assessment of spring maize genotypes under rainfed and irrigated conditions in mid-hills of far-west Nepal by Sandesh Thapa, Sara Rawal, Biraj Poudel, Bronika Thapa, Neha Rai, Archana Bhatt

“…Days to anthesis and silking were earlier in sano ghogha in both condition and minimum anthesis silking interval was reported in Deuti followed by Kanchan 101 and Thulo ghogha in both conditions. …”
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Dental Students’ Didactic and Psychomotor Skills Performance in Dental Anatomy and Preclinical Operative Dentistry Courses in a Saudi Governmental School by Afnan O. Al-Zain, Adel M. Abdel-Azim, Hisham I. Othman

“…A weak, positive, and significant correlation existed between the preclinical operative didactic and psychomotor silks (p<0.05). Females’ didactic performance was significantly better than males. …”
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Expression divergence of BAG gene family in maize under heat stress by Babar Farid, Muhammad Abu Bakar Saddique, Muhammad Hammad Nadeem Tahir, Rao Muhammad Ikram, Zulfiqar Ali, Waseem Akbar

“…Differential expressions of BAG gene family in leaf, endosperm, anther, silk, seed and developing embryo depict their contribution to the growth and development. …”
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Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Cellular Responses to Entry of Virions: One Kind of Natural Nanobiomaterial by Zheng Liu, Shuyu Liu, Jinming Cui, Yurong Tan, Jian He, Jingqiang Zhang

“…For this paper, we chose Bombyx mori cypovirus 1 (BmCPV-1) interactions with midgut cells from silkworm, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) associated coronavirus interactions with Vero E6 cells, as examples to demonstrate the response of eukaryotic cells to two different types of virus from our previous studies. …”
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Inequalities on Generalized Sasakian Space Forms by Najma Abdul Rehman, Abdul Ghaffar, Esmaeil Abedi, Mustafa Inc, Mohammed K. A. Kaabar

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Detecting respiratory impairment in newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis by MRC dyspnoea scale and microfibrillar-associated protein 4 by Bjørk K. Sofiudottir, Sören Möller, Robin Christensen, Stefan Harders, Grith L. Sørensen, Jesper Blegvad, Mette Herly, Dzenan Masic, Grazina Urbonaviciene, Frank Andersen, Christin Isaksen, Brian Bridal Løgstrup, Charlotte Hyldgaard, Torkell Ellingsen

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A Noval Method for Surgical Removal of the Impacted Mandibular Third Molar: Sartawi Technique by Hassan Sartawi

“…Patients requiring removal of fully impacted or semi-impacted lower third molars are treated with a new approach using minimal steps and tools, a simple triangular flap, slight mucoperiosteum elevation, as the flap sides are secured and reflected with a silk suture by an assistant holding both sides of the suture from behind the patient. …”
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Factors and stimuli affecting the conversion of urban and rural places to tourism brands (Study: Guilan province) by habibeh nabi zadeh, Elham Cheraghi, Seyyed Moein Moosavi Nadoshan

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Nature-derived microneedles with metal-polyphenolic networks encapsulation for chronic soft tissue defects repair: Responding and remodeling the regenerative microenvironment by Chengyang Zhu, Zun Fan, Zhijie Cheng, Jun Yin, Lei Qin, Xin Zhao

“…To tackle this deficiency, nature-derived microneedles (NMs) composed of silk methacrylate and snail mucus are developed in this study. …”
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